Chapter 29: Lin Mei
“Lin Shu, what are you looking at?”
Lin Mei followed her line of sight and noticed the boat on the river, “Isn’t it just a fishing boat? What’s there to see?”
Lin Shu Looking back at her: "The motherland has great mountains and rivers. I can see them however I want. Do I need your permission to see the scenery?"
Lin Mei felt aggrieved: "I just care about you, but you are so annoying when you open your mouth." , took the gunpowder!”
"Since you know, you still come to provoke me." Lin Shu didn't want to have too much contact with her, so she turned and left.
Now that the old lady has been sent up the mountain, she is just a bystander and cannot help with the next thing. It is still early and she might as well go for a walk in the mountains here.
"Hey, don't leave, I have something else to ask you." Lin Mei saw Lin Shu walking towards the side of the mountain and quickly chased after him.
"Lin Shu, what did you say to Brother Chunlei that day that made him sad?"
Lin Shu was looking for someone in the crowd, and when he saw Lin Mei following him, he frowned in disgust. : "Instead of worrying about what I told him, you might as well think about how to get Xie's mother to allow you to come in. You know, Xie Chunlei just hates me for being a rural girl, so she never came to propose marriage."
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"Aunt Xie is not such a person. If she doesn't like you, she must not like your yin and yang character." Lin Mei retorted without any confidence. She just met Lin Shu's sarcastic eyes, which stopped her for a moment.
Lin Shu threw away Lin Mei and looked for Lin Xiaoyu's three siblings in the crowd.
I just looked around and couldn't find three people.
"Sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, have you seen Xiaoyu and his three siblings?"
He Caiyun waved his hands carelessly, "It's hard to lose such a big child, it must be The three siblings were hiding somewhere to play, and they would go home when they got hungry at noon.”
Children in rural areas have always been free-range. Most children who don't have to do anything go out to play at dawn. They don't know to go home to eat until they are hungry at meal time.
Lu Yinhua is the mother of the child after all. She is different from He Caiyun. As a mother, when she heard that her child was missing, her instinct was to look for it.
"They should be gathered here to watch the fun. Have you looked for them all this time?"
Lin Shu: "I have looked for them all, but can't find them."
This The words made Lu Yinhua a little anxious, "Then where can they go?" As she spoke, her eyes were already searching the crowd.
Lin Shu found the three siblings. The main reason was that Xiao Yu helped carry her basket, sickle and small medicine hoe. As for the danger, she had not guessed what danger there was in the countryside.
After listening to the second sister-in-law's question, she subconsciously looked at Qingjiang River, "The three of them won't go to the river to play in the water, right?"
The term "playing in the water" in rural areas includes Catching fish, catching screws, catching crabs, etc. is not dangerous if the water is not deep.
This sentence also made Lin Shu and Lu Yinhua's hearts skip a beat, and they subconsciously looked towards the river.
It’s just that the mountains are blocked by woods, so you can’t see the river at all, but you can see the boats in the river clearly.
Lin Shu jumped off a small mound and trotted down the mountain, "Second sister-in-law, let me go to the river to have a look."
Lu Yinhua thought that the children were not in any danger on the mountain. What if they really went to the river? Time is life, so when she saw Lin Shu running down the mountain, she ran down the mountain without thinking.
The aunt and sister-in-law ran to the river and saw no one. To be cautious, Lin Shu said: "Second sister-in-law, let's go to one side to look for you. You go to the left and I will go to the right. We will go along the Search by the river. If you find any footprints by the river, remember to call me loudly first. "
Lu Yinhua's heart beat a little too fast when she thought of what might happen. The two of them didn't say much, turned around and looked in two different directions.
The river bank cannot be a straight line. The water surface forms an S-line according to the trend of the mountains. If you follow the S-line along the river, it will not only block the line of sight, but also extend the distance.
The boats sailing in the river had a wide view, and it was clear what was going on along the coast, so while Lin Shu was searching, she also paid attention to the motor boats getting closer and closer to her.
There is a suona playing on the mountain, and firecrackers are set off from time to time. As the distance between the aunt and sister-in-law increases, even if something happens, they may not be heard even if they shout loudly.
Lin Shu walked past a mountain col and walked further. There were no villages in the deep mountain area. He thought that it was impossible for the children to go further inside and they must have gone in another direction.
Thinking of this, Lin Shu didn't dare to delay and immediately turned back to chase Lu Yinhua.
Suddenly, she noticed a motor boat sailing downstream in the middle of the river, turning around and heading towards the shore. Moreover, there were two men standing on the boat who seemed very excited, shouting something?
Due to the river wind, the sound of the diesel engine of the motor boat, and the firecrackers setting off on the mountain, Lin Shu could not hear what they were saying for a while, but her intuition was that something had happened to the children.
She ran wildly almost instinctively.
As for the children, they found it boring to stay in the mountains. They were not interested in burial, so they wanted to go to the river to see if they could catch fish or touch snails.
The eldest Xiaoyu is only twelve years old. Children have lived in the village since childhood and have no safety awareness training. They have no idea how dangerous their behavior is. Besides, children in rural areas grow up in this way.
When the three children arrived at the river, they did not dare to go to the steeper riverside. They could only fumble around the relatively flat waterside. From time to time they could touch a few snails, which made them very happy.
The river was blown by the wind and waves kept washing up on the shore. Lin Xiaoyu looked a little dizzy looking at the sparkling river, so she suggested: "This is a slope. I'm afraid I will accidentally slip down later. Let's go there." Let’s go fishing for snails over there. It used to be a paddy field.”
Before the dam was built, the place she was talking about was a patch of terraced fields, so it was relatively flat. You don’t have to worry about your brother if you want to catch snails there. My sister slipped into deep water.
The other two children thought it was totally fun and had no objection to where to catch snails, so they went to another mountain col together.
This is also the reason why Lin Shu and Lu Yinhua didn't see the three children when they ran to the river, because there were hills blocking their view.
There used to be some weeds growing in the paddy fields, but recently the spring water flooded the fields.
"Sister, let alone the flooded abandoned fields, there are many snails hidden under the water plants." Xiaoshuang threw a handful of snails into the basket and groped forward intermittently.
Because of his young age, Lin Xiaojun was not very certain. After touching two handfuls of snails, he became impatient. He wanted to catch fish and shrimps even more.
It’s just a fish in the water that’s easy to catch.
"Xiaojun, what are you doing?" Lin Xiaoyu asked, noticing Lin Xiaojun's movements.
Lin Xiaojun stared at the small fish swimming in the water, reluctant to move his eyes, "I am catching fish, there are many small fish under the water plants."
Lin Xiaoyu did not expect Lin Xiaojun to touch many snails , "Be careful, don't get your clothes wet. . ”
“I know, Luosuo!”
Lin Xiaojun carefully reached into the water and slowly approached the little fish. When he thought he could catch it, the little fish swung its tail cleverly. It slipped out from between his fingers.
When I tried to catch it again, the small fish had already hid under the aquatic plants.
Lin Xiaojun kept chasing the small fish swimming under the water in the water that was no more than knee high. Unknowingly, he walked to the edge of the paddy field and happened to see a big fish eating aquatic plants in the paddy field.
(End of this chapter)